GARDEN SEASON IS BACK IN
ALL THE GORGEOUS FLOWERS YOU
CAN ADD TO YOUR LANDSCAPE.
THERE IS ONE IN PARTICULAR WE
HAVE OUR EYES ON.
WE SKYPE EARLIER THIS
MORNING WITH BACHMANN'S TO FIND
OUT THE BEST WAY TO GROW
PEONIES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL THERE
IN THE GREENHOUSE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE SUN
OUT.
IS IN A GRAY?
LET'S TALK ABOUT PEONIES.
THEY ARE JUST STUNNING.
THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND
REALLY A GREAT WAY TO ADD A
COLOR TO YOUR OUTDOOR GARDEN.
THEY ARE PERENNIALS, THEY ARE
NOT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO
REPLAN EACH YEAR.
THEY HAD SUCH GREAT, EXQUISITE
BLOOMS.
THEY HAVE A LIGHT FRAGRANCE TO
THEM.
BEAUTIFUL FOLIAGE AND THEY ARE
A FAVORITE BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AS FAR AS UPKEEP, WHAT KIND
OF ATTENTION DO THEY REQUIRE?
WELL, LIKE MOST PERENNIALS,
YOU WILL WANT TO FERTILIZE THEM
PROBABLY EARLY SPRING.
THEN ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT PEONIES IS THAT THEY ARE
A GREAT CUTTING FLOWER.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
I'VE SEEN QUITE A BIT IN
PEOPLE'S FEEDS LATELY OF THEIR
PEONIES MOTHER THAT THEY ARE
CUTTING RIGHT ON BRINGING IN
THEIR HOUSE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT THEM.
YOU CAN CUT THE STEMS, BRING
THEM IN.
WE HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT HERE.
THEY ARE BIG, BEAUTIFUL, BOLD
FLOWERS AND SO FUN TO BRING
INSIDE. THAT IS ONE WAY YOU ARE
MAINTAINING THEM DURING THE
GROWING SEASON AND AT THE END
OF THE SEASON, THEY WILL DIE
DOWN AGAIN AND COME BACK UP AND
THE NEXT SPRING.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE SEEING
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT KINDS,
ARE THERE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
PEONIES?
ARE THERE SOME THAT WORK
VETERAN MINNESOTA THAN OTHERS?
FOR SURE, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO
BE PLANTING SOMETHING THAT IS
HEARTY FOR MINNESOTA BUT EVEN
WITHIN THE TYPES THAT ARE GOOD
FOR AMERICA MINNESOTA, THERE
ARE DIFFERENT VARIETIES.
THIS ONE IS A FRIEND PNA, IT
HAS DIFFERENT GRAINS THAT END
UP LOOKING A LOT DIFFERENT.
THIS IS A TREE PNA.
WAVE AND WITHIN THAT, YOU HAVE
DIFFERENT BLOOM COLORS THAT CAN
BE DIFFERENT.
PINK, RED, CORAL, WHITE, AND
THEY ALSO CAN BLOOM DIFFERENT
TIMES OF THE YEAR.
SO, A LOT OF PEONIES ARE GOING
TO BLOOM IN MAY, EARLY JUNE,
BUT THERE ARE VARIETIES THAT
BLOOM AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
YOU CAN KIND OF PAY ATTENTION
TO THAT AS YOUR CHOOSING WHICH
YOU MIGHT WANT SO YOU CAN
SPREAD OUT THE BLOOMS THROUGH
THE GROWING SEASON AND HAVE
THAT COLOR AND VIBRANCY IN YOUR
GARDEN ALL SEASON LONG.
SMART.
YOU ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT HOW,
WE HAVE SEEN THEM A LOT MORE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA LATELY, PEOPLE
BRINGING THEM INSIDE, WHEN YOU
GET THEM AND BRING THEM INSIDE,
WHAT ARE SOME WAYS WE CAN MAKE
THEM LAST LITTLE BIT LONGER?
IT IS A BIT TRICKY BECAUSE
ONCE THE BLOOMS OPEN UP THEY
ARE PRETTY DELICATE, BUT LIKE
ANY OTHER FLOWERS, ADDING
FRESHWATER.
WHEN PEONIES ARE OUTSIDE
GROWING, THEY WANT THE SUN.
THEY WILL DO OKAY WITH SUNSHADE
BUT THEY WILL WANT THE SUN.
ONE TO GET INSIDE, LIKE OTHER
CUT FLOWERS, YOU PROBABLY DON'T
WANT THEM SITTING INDIRECT
SUNLIGHT BECAUSE THAT IS GOING
TO HAVE THEM LOOK SPENT THAT
MUCH SOONER BUT CHANGING THE
WATER REGULARLY AND ILL GET TO
DO ENJOY THE BLOOMS INSIDE AS
WELL.
IF YOU'RE JEALOUS OF YOUR
NEIGHBORS PANNIERS RIGHT NOW,
WHEN YOU PLANT THEM, WHEN DO
THEY GO IN?
A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THE
FROST ON THE FALL?
NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO PLANT
PEONIES.
SOME PERENNIALS YOU CAN PLAN
THROUGHOUT THE SEASON BUT NOW
IS A GREAT TIME TO PLANT THESE.
YOU WILL WANT TO GET ABOUT A 12
INCH DEEP CONTAINER, MULCH
AROUND THEM AND ALWAYS PAY
ATTENTION TO THE TAGS, BECAUSE
THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE
RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE
VARIETY OF HOW MUCH SPACE YOU
NEED FOR THE PNA.
BEAUTIFUL SKY OUT THERE,
YOU CAN SEE MINNEAPOLIS OFF
INTO THE DISTANCE AND I LEARNED
SOMETHING THIS MORNING, ABOUT
MY, PEONIES ARE HIS FAVORITE
FLOWER.
DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING FROM
THAT SEGMENT?
I DID, YEAH, I LEARNED I
WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GROW THEM.
LITTLE BIT OF A BROWN THUMB,
ALSO LIVING DOWNTOWN WITHOUT A
YARD, PEONIES ARE WOULD BE A